work three times as long as the original. His son, Pei Yin (裴駰), and great-grandson Pei Ziye (裴子野), were also well-known historians. Pei was born in a family
Southern Qi dynasties. He was the grandson of another historian, Pei Yin (裴駰), a son of the famous historian Pei Songzhi. Pei Ziye's mother Lady Wei died
that this implied that the book was the state chronicle of Wei. Pei Yin (裴駰, 5th century) states that the book began with the Yellow Emperor. This version